In the Wild

Trapped Bird's Rescue Gets Wet And Messy (For The Humans)

Although we've been busy at the hospital recently, we haven't had as many rescues as usual. Johnny, a senior volunteer rescuer, and Simon went out, this weekend, to rescue a heron trapped in some netting that was covering a pond. The bird mysteriously managed to get inside the netting, but was unable to get out by himself. Johnny had to brave the cold water to catch him, while Simon was filming. Johnny was quite lucky and caught the bird only a few seconds after getting in the water. Let's just say that he didn't stay dry in the process ...